Signal - importing SMS database
Signal - importing SMS database
Summary
Signal can (now) only import messages database at installation and from its own encrypted backup. On /e/ is preinstalled and even more, the ability to import standard messages database was there in older versions, but it was removed. See:
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages
Steps to reproduce
Transfer standard messages database (use for example MyPhoneExplorer). Signal does not import them, works with Silence.
What is the current behavior?
Cannot import transffered messages database.
What is the expected correct behavior?
Would be nice to have a full procedure to import older messages from standard android.
Possible fixes
As a workaround, Silence (fork of Signal) still has the ability to do it and it works on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 - “mido” with e-0.1-201811172002-nightly-mido.zip.
On this thread https://community.signalusers.org/t/import-plaintext-option-seems-to-be-gone/3517/4 there is a link to a fork of Signal still having the option for plaintext database. Not sure about the ability to import the database on an existing install (as is the case on /e/).